THE COURT: That requires a legal conclusion. Marc Agnifilo begins to try to elicit from Lauren the possibility that she was upset by what she learned in discovery after she was indicted that might have led her to turn away from Raniere and prompted her to change her view about him post facto. She had been on the floor and he had kicked her, Salzman recounted Padilla telling her. I am responsible for Lauren being before you.. She testified that a fellow DOS member, Daniella Padilla, told her Raniere had once been violent towards her after accusing her of being in a prideful state. And you betrayed us. Specifically, Keith caught on tape talking about branding and clearly admitting he understood it wasnt voluntary. If the appeal is successful, Keith will be in the exact same place he was before the trial began in jail, indicted, and awaiting court. It is the defense councils job to cross-examine her about this unpleasant experience. If the have intermittent days Im sure they have all of them somewhere. Like Allison Mack, she pled guilty to racketeering & racketeering conspiracy. Editors note: You be the judge. The daughter of group cofounder Nancy Salzman, who has pleaded guilty to a single charge of racketeering conspiracy, Salzman, 42, began her testimony last week describing her first meeting with Raniere in 1998, when she was 21 years old. At the end before the jury leaves when the Judge says you are done, Agnifilo says, I know I am done. Therefore the defense had concluded by his own words that the questioning was over. So you have your record, and if there is a conviction, you can appeal my decision to the Second Circuit, okay? Master, please brand me, it would be an honor, an honor I want to wear for the rest of my life, she testified, according to the New York Times, detailing how Ranieres initials were branded onto her hip. She testifiedthe DOS would take naked photos before every meeting. She and other members would do tasks at the orders of Raniere, and were punished severely if they didn't fulfill their duties, she testified. As part of this protracted litigation, that dragged on for more than a decade, Raniere and his sidekick Salzman, were deposed for hours under oath. Lauren also admitted to threatening the woman with deportation if she continued to disobey Keith's orders. and our I knew that before. Terrified, she called out Ranieres name, only for him to emerge from a walk-in closet next to the bedroom. its official. Her mother Nancy Salzman, 66, pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 8. The organization is commonly called a "cult," and has been termed a "racketeering enterprise" by the U.S. government. AGNIFILO: I dont know why Your Honor cut off my cross-examination. Lauren Salzman entered her plea at a hearing that did not appear on any public calendar, and prosecutors had portions of a transcript blacked out. . I didnt want to sit at the defense table and tell a false story about what happened. DOS members were also required to do penance for perceived misdeeds. Trial testimony showed surveillance cameras were set up outside the room and the woman wrote letters almost daily asking for forgiveness. I'm very PACER illiterate, I wish I could help you otherwise! published its DOS expose featuring an interview and photographs of Edmonson displaying her brand. She was dressed in a black pant suit. . Everyone rose. Q Yeah, were you surprised that Keith was having these kinds of interactions with these women, most of whom he was sleeping with? That makes their state of mind at the time meaningless, as long as they woke up later. Are the transcripts of the trial released anywhere? The links included here are the ones accessible to everyone. Agnifilo referred audiotapes [and transcripts of the tapes] of meetings held for DOS in 2016 before Lauren joined DOS. I am the one who is disappointed. Lauren Salzman was in a criminal group that ended up being broken up when the police pointed machine guns at the members of this criminal group. Knowledge of the group became widespread in late 2017, after the. And also I mean, I knew it because when I joined DOS there was something that had been created over a period of time that seemed pretty extensive. To get a PACER account requires you to put up a credit card. Garaufis terminated the cross-examination of the most important witness and denied the defendant his right to cross-examine witnesses against him. But what I had here was, I had a crisis here. She told Salzman that cops had just arrived at the house to arrest Keith Raniere, the groups charismatic head, and Salzmans on-off lover of nearly 20 years. This story has been shared 114,023 times. 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Pea, just imagine babies that looked like this: Lauren Salzman reported to Raniere regarding Daniela's "progress," but Salzman was a high-ranking NXIVM member who dodged a prison sentence entirely after testifying for the feds against Raniere. Parlato appeared on the Nancy Grace Show, Beyond the Headlines with Gretchen Carlson, Dr. Oz, American Greed, Dateline NBC, and NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, where Parlato conducted the first-ever interview with Keith Raniere after his arrest. If our legs werent spread enough, wed have to spread our legs more, Salzman said, adding that the group members were aware that his preferences skewed toward up-close vaginal pictures., Many DOS slaves were told to participate in various forms of self-denial, such as refraining from masturbation and limiting themselves to 1,500-calorie diets. But most of my first-line DOS masters were telling me things that were gravely concerning to me that they were doing. It did not seem like the line of questioning was interrupted at all. But according to Salzmans testimony, she ended up staying for somewhere between 18 and 24 months. [What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] She avoided looking at Raniere during her testimony. We've received your submission. Following Ranieres arrest in Mexico, Salzman said, she started to come to terms with the true extent of Ranieres thrall over her; at times, she appeared to be processing it even while she was on the stand. Agnifilo now switched to Dani who at this point had not yet testified but had been brought up by Lauren in her direct testimony. THE COURT: Look, I am not saying you are not a man you are not a lawyer who maintains his composure. You could have asked your questions and moved on to the next question, but you kept coming back, and I am not going to have someone have a nervous breakdown on the witness stand in front of excuse me, this is not DOS. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Thanks for contacting us. And that goes for everybody in this room, and it includes you and the Government. Check out never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! . She was told. since her testimony, Salzman has become a . Lauren Salzman leaves Brooklyn federal court in New York. In 2010, another NXIVM member that Raniere was sexually involved with, a Mexican woman identified only as Dani, fell in love with another man, which Raniere deemed an ethical breach. A . Not only is . The Judge did what his conscience told him to do- be a compassionate human. Q You said [in the direct examination] when Keith was arrested in Mexico, Mexican police came in and they had machine guns? You made your points. I haven't purchased any additional transcripts from PACER. Edmonsons husband publicly confronted Salzman about DOS at a NXIVM event, prompting the rest of the organization to learn about the existence of DOS. To think I was right at your side and sacrificed for you. Longtime Nxivm accountant Kathy Russell, who has copped to charges of visa fraud, still awaits sentencing. Q When you were in DOS before anybody was arrested, were you doing things intentionally to break the law? Q Kristin Keeffe, you said, was in the legal sort of part NXIVM, she was in the legal department? This organization is nuts. It is the final installment of our report on her cross-examination. A Kristin left the community with Gaelyn, their son, in 2014. Yeah, where he says . Get an all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! But the jurist was convinced Salzman was a changed woman, saying her new gig caring for animals is about as different as participating in Nxivm than anything I can imagine., This defendant has an inner sense of empathy and duty, Garaufis added Wednesday, as he highlighted Salzmans extensive and sincere cooperation with the government.. there is going to be the part of DOS that other people know and then theres going to be this other secret sex part of DOS where were going to get slaves to pleasure us that was not what I signed up for. She said she recruited six women, whom she called her slaves, and who were inducted into the group. We were supposed to be uniform: All looking the same, and fully frontally naked, Salzman testified. So IMO no appeal will be granted- KAR own lawyer probably put the last nail in the coffin! All right? Despite the negative media attention swarming around the group, the understanding among DOS members was that they would participate in a recommitment ceremony, pledging their allegiance to Raniere which, as Salzman later testified, was assumed to mean group sex. Resolved: Release in which this issue/RFE has been resolved. I thought that really went pretty far beyond the pale, frankly. We were running out of ideas as to what to do Salzman said, according to the New York Post. Bummer Let me know if you find them at some point- and thanks! Raniere had fled to Mexico the year before, following a damning New York Times report that he was the grandmaster of DOS, a NXIVM offshoot and secret all-female sorority of masters and slaves. Allegedly run by Raniere, the group reportedly had branded women, forced them to provide collateral in the form of explicit naked photos, and coerced them into having sex with him. And he exited the courtroom. She rose up and is actually practicing what she preached. Raniere, 58, is accused of founding and running NXIVM, which framed itself as a self-help group but which prosecutors say was really a cult-like organization that coerced female members into sexual fealty to Raniere. And then I found out, during that time, he started like twelve new [sexual] relationships with people who were not compensating for those holes that were left in the organization [by Pam and Barbara Jeske] many of them didnt even share any of our values. Salzman said Ranierehad sex with seven of the eight members of the top inner circle, known as DOS an acronym for a Latin phrase roughly translated as "Lord/master of obedient women." Given that its almost impossible to imagine how continuing the questioning would have made any difference, I think theres almost no chance this matters on appeal. AGNIFILO: Your Honor, most respectfully and I am not going to belabor the point I think it is an important she talked about the change in perspective, she did, and Im trying to explore that change. Its better than any book. Contact Frank with tips or for help. Frank Parlato is an investigative journalist. I committed to stay with nothing. Crime News is your destination for true crime stories from around the world, breaking crime news, and information about Oxygen's original true crime shows and documentaries. Salzman reluctantly agreed to these conditions, as she desperately wanted to have a child. Id. That's led to speculation she may cooperate. Q And one thats one of the things that you went through; right? I didnt know what it was. She should be very proud of herself that she took the stand, answered questions bravely and articulately. THE COURT: Asked and answered. And I didnt have a problem. NEW YORK (AP) After weeks of relentlessly lurid testimony, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn on Friday wrapped up their sex trafficking case against Keith Raniere, . That it will be done. Agnifilo even said at one point she didnt have to answer a question when the objection was sustained, he was actually being helpful to the DOJ and lessening the stress on Salzman. Q Was it hard to hear his voice with their voices in these recordings that you transcribed? Agnifilo clearly says he was done. Lauren Salzman detailed the allegations in Brooklyn federal court, testifying that Keith Raniere had plans to build a sex dungeon in a home the group owned in Waterford, N.Y. They were making a dungeon in the basement. This is Part 6 of Lauren Salzman: Cross-Examination Stopped by Judge. I was annoyed initially but now I understand. A Yes, and I think there were some with Allison [Mack] and Rosa Laura [Junco] too. Reading the direct transcripts is blowing my mind. I Was in One Mode: Protect Keith: NXIVM Member Testifies About Naked Meetings, Group Sex, Dungeon Paddlings, People Are Getting Pregnant on TikToks Trendy On-Demand Birth Control, Netflixs Perfect Match Is Horny, Utterly Ridiculous Fun, She Built a Following as Taylor Swifts Doppelgnger. So thats like just one example. He is manically writing messages to Agnifilo on yellow Post-It Notes and having Teny Geragos deliver them to the podium where Agnifilo is standing while he questions Lauren. You had plenty of if you had other things to say, you could have gone on and said them. and this is at a time when you and Keith are still talking about you possibly having children in the spring of 2016; correct? I just want to say thank you for this post. A Well, yes. Two cages had already been ordered for the dungeon, according to the New York Post. 'I'm Trying to Break Her': Former NXIVM 'Sex Cult' Member Details Misogynistic Methods of Control. Q Was it hard to listen to the conversations? She did so in March 2019, admitting to one count of racketeering. Formerly one of NXIVMs most loyal capos, an exhausted-looking Salzman recounted decades of her emotional manipulation at the hands of Raniere, a self-described genius who once held such sway over his followers that they believed he was able to control the weather. The judge tried to get Agnifilo off this point and he just kept coming back. Judge, can we have a sidebar? According to Salzman, the group would meet three times a week, with members required to pose for a naked group photo at the start of every meeting and send it to Raniere. This is so great! A I didnt want I didnt want to sit I didnt want to defend the things that I did that were bad and that were criminal as good. Were you doing it to scare them? And Judge Nicholas Garaufis interfered with the cross-examination. Q Did you intend to commit extortion at the time that you did it? Cookie Notice A Well, if I dont believe anything that any of my friends say, then I didnt experience any of that. On the last day after jury instructions, I believe he told the defense they could have asked to recall the witness and he would have allowed it. A Yes. Email: frankparlato@gmail.com, Lauren Salzman Gets OK From Judge to Sell House Near Former 'Harem Enclave' Knox Woods - Frank Report | Investigative Journalism From Frank Parlato, https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/silicone-baby-avatar-babyclon-1.jpg, Aristegui News: Rainbow, the School Raniere Gave to Children of Carlos Salinas and to Rosa Laura Junco, Christine Marie: Insights on DOS and Help for DOS Victims. I knowingly and intentionally harbored Jane Doe 4, a woman whose identity is known to me, in a room in the home in the Northern District of New York, Salzman testified earlier in the spring, according to unsealed court transcripts quotedby the New York Post. If you read through the transcript, news articles and asked anyone at the closing arguments, your Vanturd is guilty without Salzmans testimony. Salzman is a former high-ranking member of NXIVM and former partner and confidante of Raniere. I harmed Daniela I completely failed her., The hearing included victim-impact statements from two former Nxivm members, including Ivy Nevares, who said Salzman never apologized for using her position and skills to try to force me to accept my exploitation and to do so with a smile., You called yourself my best friend, you were a fellow woman, yet you did what you did, she said. Q Do you know if a box of her belongings was taken to your mothers house? Q Let me ask you the question. THE COURT: I took her guilty plea, sir. A No. A I knew there was some project that they were working on at one point in time. Padilla had also planned to purchase a cage, though she canceled the order shortly after the inner workings of DOS were made public in the spring of 2017. Q One of the ways you know that Keith was lying to you is because you listened to these recordings; right? I was very upset, she said. Tell us what you think will happen next? Q But you know that now because the Government gave you the recordings to listen to of the meetings that you werent in? I didnt understand the question. Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Nancy Salzman, also known as "Prefect," the former president and co-founder of Nxivm, was sentenced to 42 months' imprisonment and ordered to pay a $150,000 fine by United States District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis for racketeering conspiracy, including predicate acts of conspiracy to commit identity at 1619-20 (testimony of Lauren Salzman that Raniere preferred DOS recruits to be individuals "in positions of power and influence"). Thats not how it works. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. After providing collateral in the form of embarrassing documents and explicit naked photos, Salzman became what she referred to as a first-line slave of the group, or a member of DOSs innermost circle, reporting directly to Raniere, along with Junco, Mack, Clyne, and four other women. if(typeof(jQuery)=="function"){(function($){$.fn.fitVids=function(){}})(jQuery)}; I'm sure you sound this way too. Lauren is a rat. AGNIFILO: Im more concerned, quite frankly, about, I thought I took great pains to be appropriate and even-keeled. I showed reprehensible judgment, Salzman said. The Government showed that there were 25 people admitted into Keiths inner circle over the years, but it looks like some of them Jack Levy, Monica Duran, Kristin Keefe have had few, if any articles devoted to them on here. TV actress Allison Mack, who was a slave master in the sex-cult and lured women into the group, got three years in prison . The statement, which was read at trial, accused the media of shaming the women for engaging in consensual activities and spearheading a campaign against the rights of women and alternative lifestyles. At one point in the email, Raniere compared DOS members to authors of the Declaration of Independence. I did not do that in my group [get Keith sex slaves]. Thanks so much for doing this!!! Phone / Text: (305) 783-7083 Lauren Salzman, 42, is a cooperating witness in the sex trafficking and racketeering trial of NXIVM's founder, Keith Raniere, who has pleaded not guilty on all counts. Lauren Salzman was once a high-ranking leader of the purported self-help group Nxivm and a loyal member of founder Keith Raniere's inner circle. The Version table provides details related to the release that this issue/RFE will be addressed. Q you were still holding out hope, as of June 2016 when these conversations [2016] are taking place [with the other first-line DOS slaves] these meetings between Keith and these other women, [at this time] you are still holding out hope that you might end up with Keith? I know some of Keefe and Durans criminal activity came up during the trial already, but it would be nice to have it summarized. Q You said on direct examination that you committed extortion; right? Former Nxivm slave master Lauren Salzman who admitted to keeping a woman captive for nearly two years during her stint as a high-ranking member in the upstate sex cult dodged jail time at her sentencing on Wednesday. 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"I believed Keith Raniere's intentions were to help people, and I was wrong," Mack told a judge while pleading guilty to racketeering charges. I think the full transcripts are meant to drop on January 21st. It was illegal extortion, as she realizes now and as she recounted in her guilty plea. Discussing NXIVM, the New York Capital Region-based group that sold expensive seminars of dubious value. Raniere was furious, saying he questioned whether he wanted to have a child with someone who could be so disrespectful to him. I misheard the answer. It doesnt matter what any of the witnesses were thinking at the time, as the circumstances included a lot of lying, manipulation, etc. Im done. Unresolved: Release in which this issue/RFE will be addressed. "He told me Dani was brilliant," Salzman tells producers, explaining how the then-16-year-old's parents trusted Raniere as a "guru" and signed her up for a so-called intensive in the States. windshield wiper broke off while driving. And not in my courtroom. The feds will try him again, but he may not have the benefit of the Seagrams millions to help with his defense. The branding ceremony took place in 2017 inside a house near Albany, where female members of the so-called cult Nxivm . You didnt know he was with them at those times? Lauren is a rat. Per federal transcripts, Mack told prosecutors . Salzman is the third of Ranieres five co-defendants to be sentenced in the case. Salzman testified that shortly after she joined DOS, she discovered that everyone except Junco had previously been or was currently in a sexual relationship with Raniere. In response to the bad press surrounding NXIVM, Raniere went into damage control mode. The testimony of Lauren Salzman, 42, marked the first time that one of Raniere's co-defendants and a member of his clannish "inner circle" has taken the stand at his criminal trial. Lauren Salzman detailed the allegations in Brooklyn federal court, testifying that Keith Raniere had plans to build a sex dungeon in a home the group owned in Waterford, N.Y. "They were making a dungeon in the basement. I hope he is abjectly miserable right now. Article continues below advertisement A former high-ranking member of the alleged cult NXIVM testified against its alleged leader in court on Monday, accusing him of whipping, beating and playing other kinds of sex games with his top female members.
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